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Aberdeen Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking North at the former site of Broomfield Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/45.jpg "Broomfield Junction")
![Looking east out of Brechin station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/182.jpg "Brechin")
![Looking west at Brechin station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/183.jpg "Brechin")
![Looking south at the former Montrose terminus.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/184.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![V2 60919 on the turntable at Ferryhill shed in the 1960s with A4 Pacific no 60007 <I>Sir Nigel Gresley</I> standing in the sidings beyond. [Thanks to all, including the GNSRA.] <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/18000/18056.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Ferryhill A4 Pacific 60016 <I>Silver King</I> about to pass its home shed with the up <I>Postal</I> in the mid 1960s. Ferryhill signal box stands in the left background and the River Dee can be seen on the right.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/21000/21810.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![V2 60919 at the coaling stage at Ferryhill in the early 1960s.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/22000/22606.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Ferryhill Black 5 no 44794 restarts a southbound train from a rain soaked platform at Bridge of Dun in the early 1960s. <br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/23000/23649.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![The 1015 hrs Aberdeen to Kings Cross hauled by a Class 47, leaves a plume of black smoke as it approaches Ferryhill SB on a sunny morning in the early 1970s.<br><br>[John McIntyre //]](/images/24000/24362.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Broadside view of V2 2-6-2 no 60919 being turned at Ferryhill shed in the 1960s.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/29000/29769.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Gresley A4 Pacific no 60004 <I>William Whitelaw</i> stands on shed at 61B Aberdeen Ferryhill during the A4 twilight years of the 1960s. The locomotive was finally withdrawn from here by BR in July of 1966 and cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, around three months later.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/29000/29962.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 NO 60919 being coaled at Ferryhill in the 1960s.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/30000/30329.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![V2 2-6-2 no 60919 on the turntable at Ferryhill shed, Aberdeen, in the 1960s, with A4 Pacific no 60007 <I>Sir Nigel Gresley</I> standing in the background.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/33000/33362.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A4 Pacific no 60009 <I>'Union of South Africa'</I> photographed on Ferryhill shed between November 1965 and April 1966.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/37000/37240.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![B1 61400, of Thornton shed, comes southbound into Stonehaven with a passenger train in the 1960s.<br><br>[Ian Wills //]](/images/54000/54424.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Class 27 and 47 locomotives at the stabling point to the west of Aberdeen station, the approach to the former Guild Street Goods in the 1980s. The site of the goods yard is now under the Union Square Shopping Centre development.<br><br>[Crinan Dunbar //]](/images/60000/60368.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![The second of the two photographs taken at Drumlithie station in the mid 19th century and supplied by Gordon Will. His relative Robert Morrison was a Superintendent with the Aberdeen Railway and the family still posesses a fob watch inscribed <I>Presented to Robert Morrison by workmen and friends on the Aberdeen Railway 1854.</I> <br>
<br><br>[Gordon Will Collection //1854]](/images/25000/25162.jpg "Drumlithie")
![An old and much faded photograph taken during the early years at Drumlithie station, Aberdeenshire, located on the main line 7 miles south of Stonehaven. The photograph, one of two supplied by Gordon Will, has links to his relative, Robert Morrison, who worked on the railway in the 1850s. Drumlithie station was opened by the Aberdeen Railway Company on 1 November 1849 and finally closed on 11 June 1956.<br>
<br><br>[Gordon Will Collection //1854]](/images/25000/25163.jpg "Drumlithie")
![Brechin Station. C.R. 0.6.0 17441 on Dundee train. Glasgow Fair 1948.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1948]](/images/7000/7015.jpg "Brechin")
![Glasgow - Aberdeen express passing Bridge of Dun Junction. 5P 4.6.0 45465.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953]](/images/9000/9226.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![V2 2.6.2 60958 passing Ferryhill Junction.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/04/1954]](/images/9000/9180.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![The BMU approaching Ferryhill Junction with the 14.45 Aberdeen to Ballater service (April 1958). The 'Aberdeen – Ballater' boards on the sides of both vehicles can be seen clearly in this view. The steam locomotive on the left is one of the Class N15 0-6-2T engines used for station pilot duties at the south end of Aberdeen station at the time.<br><br>[David Murray-Smith /04/1958]](/images/63000/63417.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Guild Street yard, Aberdeen on 29 July 1958. McIntosh 0-6-0T no 56240, built at St Rollox Works in 1898, takes a break from shunting duties. The locomotive was eventually withdrawn from 61B Ferryhill shed in July 1961 and cut up at Inverurie works a short time later.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 29/07/1958]](/images/22000/22002.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class A4 60004 'William Whitelaw' on southbound train in 1959 at Portlethen. The present station was built slightly further south, occupying the site of the sidings on either side in this view. The footbridge of the new station is on roughly the same site as the old one. [Ref query 6 February 2018]<br><br>[David Murray-Smith 11/08/1959]](/images/62000/62776.jpg "Portlethen")
![View from rear of BMU approaching Aberdeen station, having just passed Ferryhill Junction signal box (7th May 1960). The right-hand side of the cab can be seen with the brake valve and brake gauges.<br><br>[David Murray-Smith 07/05/1960]](/images/63000/63378.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![64615 at Broomfield Junction with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour. To the left is the line to Dubton, the train is coming off the Bervie line and behind the line divides one portion running to Montrose (Caledonian) and a later connection to Montrose (North British) the present day station.<br><br>[WA Camwell (Copyright Stephenson Locomotive Society) 16/06/1960]](/images/40000/40619.jpg "Broomfield Junction")
![A tablet catcher mounted on a Class 5MT at Ferryhill MPD in 1962.<br><br>[David Murray-Smith //1962]](/images/62000/62572.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90020 stands at the coaling stage at Ferryhill shed in July 1963.<br><br>[Colin Miller /07/1963]](/images/22000/22868.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60955 taking on water at Ferryhill shed in July 1963.<br><br>[Colin Miller /07/1963]](/images/26000/26280.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Austerity 2-8-0 90020 of 62A Thornton Junction backs off the turntable at Ferryhill shed in July 1963.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 12/07/1963]](/images/21000/21192.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Gresley A3 Pacific no 4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> stands on Ferryhill shed on 16 May 1964, having arrived in Aberdeen earlier that day with the Queens College RTS <I>'Flying Scotsman Railtour'</I> from Edinburgh [see image 36107].<br><br>[K A Gray 16/05/1964]](/images/37000/37537.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The up West Coast Postal about to run through Ferryhill Junction, Aberdeen, on 16 May 1964. Locomotive in charge is A4 Pacific no 60016 <I>Silver King</I>.<br><br>[K A Gray 16/05/1964]](/images/45000/45378.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> takes the East Coast route at Kinnaber Junction on 16 May 1964 with the Queens College RTS <I>'Flying Scotsman Railtour'</I> returning from Aberdeen to Edinburgh.<br><br>[John Robin 16/05/1964]](/images/48000/48649.jpg "Kinnaber Junction")
![4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> on the turntable at Ferryhill during its 4 hour stopover in Aberdeen on 16 May 1964. The A3 had arrived in the city from Edinburgh with the Queens College RTS <I>'Flying Scotsman Railtour'</I>.<br><br>[John Robin 16/05/1964]](/images/50000/50991.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Gresley A4 Pacific 60006 <I>Sir Ralph Wedgewood</I> takes the 1.30pm Aberdeen - Glasgow Buchanan Street south past Ferryhill Junction on 16 May 1964, shortly after its arrival at 61B. [See image 22228]<br><br>[John Robin 16/05/1964]](/images/51000/51995.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A2 Pacific 60532 <I>Blue Peter</I> standing outside Ferryhill shed circa 1965.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1965]](/images/20000/20654.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A2 Pacific 60532 <I>Blue Peter</I> stands alongside the coaling stage at Ferryhill in 1965.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1965]](/images/21000/21856.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> waits for the photographer at Bridge of Dun in August 1965.<br><br>[John Robin 19/08/1965]](/images/6000/6886.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Final exchanges with the train crew at Aberdeen in early 1966 as A4 Pacific no 60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> prepares to depart with the 1.30pm for Glasgow Buchanan Street.<br><br>[K A Gray //1966]](/images/33000/33239.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class A2 Pacific no 60532 <I>Blue Peter</I> comes off Ferryhill shed on its way to Aberdeen station to take out a southbound train. Thought to have been photographed in the summer of 1966 with the train in question likely to be the 1.30pm to Glasgow Buchanan Street.<br><br>[K A Gray //1966]](/images/34000/34615.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A4 Pacific no 60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> photographed on Ferryhill shed in 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray //1966]](/images/47000/47318.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![J37 no 64620 with Scottish Rambler no 5 at Montrose (CR) on 9 April 1966. From here the railtour headed for Broomfield Junction and the Inverbervie branch.<br><br>[K A Gray 09/04/1966]](/images/24000/24073.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![Black 5 no 44720, a visitor from 62B, Dundee Tay Bridge, photographed on Ferryhill shed in August 1966.<br><br>[G W Robin /08/1966]](/images/46000/46795.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A4 60034 <I>Lord Farringdon</I> being turned at Ferryhill in August 1966.<br><br>[G W Robin /08/1966]](/images/47000/47775.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![60019 <I>Bittern</I> stands alongside 60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> at Ferryhill Shed in September 1966.<br><br>[John Robin 03/09/1966]](/images/6000/6918.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A4 Pacific 60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> receives visitors in the gloom of Ferryhill shed on 3 September 1966 as Type 2 diesel D5307 looks on in the background. The official BR withdrawal date for 60024 was 5 September 1966, two days after this photograph was taken. <br><br>[Colin Miller 03/09/1966]](/images/22000/22851.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![60019 <I>Bittern</I> being serviced on shed at Ferryhill in September 1966 after bringing in a special from Glasgow.<br><br>[Colin Miller 03/09/1966]](/images/27000/27590.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Black 5 44703 at Ferryhill Junction on 3 September 1966 with an Aberdeen - Glasgow train.<br><br>[John Robin 03/09/1966]](/images/47000/47347.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A4 60019 <I>Bittern</I> receiving attention at Ferryhill shed on 3 September 1966 after bringing in the BR (Scottish Region) Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen <I>A4 Farewell Tour</I>.<br><br>[G W Robin 03/09/1966]](/images/47000/47401.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Scene at Ferryhill Junction on 3 September 1966 as Black 5 44703 passes southbound with an Aberdeen - Glasgow train.<br><br>[John Robin 03/09/1966]](/images/50000/50220.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![60019 <I>Bittern</I> in the shed yard at Ferryhill on 3 September 1966 being prepared for the return leg of the BR 'A4 Farewell Tour' to Buchanan Street.<br><br>[John Robin 03/09/1966]](/images/50000/50701.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The BR Scottish Region <I>Last V2</I> excursion special of 5 November 1966 stands at Aberdeen prior to commencing its return journey to Edinburgh. Locomotive 60836 of Tay Bridge shed was finally withdrawn by BR the following month.[See image 24572]<br><br>[K A Gray 05/11/1966]](/images/23000/23264.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Arrival in Aberdeen of the BR Scottish Region <I>Last V2</I> excursion special from Edinburgh on 5 November 1966. Locomotive no 60836 of 62B Tay Bridge shed was officially withdrawn from operational service by BR the following month [see image 24572]. Note the gang of window cleaners at work on the coaches.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 05/11/1966]](/images/29000/29373.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Peppercorn A2 Pacific no 60532 <I>Blue Peter</I> photographed on Ferryhill shed, Aberdeen, on 5 November 1966.<br><br>[G W Robin 05/11/1966]](/images/45000/45539.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Inside looking out. Scene at Ferryhill shed on 5 November 1966. In the background is A2 Pacific 60532 <I>Blue Peter</I>, while taking water on the right is V2 2-6-2 60836. The V2 had arrived earlier off the BR (Scottish Region) <I>Last V2 Excursion</I> from Edinburgh. [See image 45627]<br><br>[G W Robin 05/11/1966]](/images/47000/47643.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Gresley V2 60836 on Ferryhill shed in November 1966 after working into Aberdeen with the BR <I>Last V2 Excursion</I> from Edinburgh.<br><br>[G W Robin 05/11/1966]](/images/47000/47859.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![After a hard day's work, what better than a spell of sleeping and messing - although not necessarily in that order. Seen in a corner of the shed yard at Aberdeen Ferryhill in 1967 is this venerable six-wheeled 'Sleeping & Messing Van' [BR Engineer's Dept Aberdeen District DE 320564]. <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/36000/36722.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The coaling stage features prominently in this scene at Ferryhill MPD photographed in 1967 [see image 22606].<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/36000/36784.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![4498 <I>Sir Nigel Gresley</I> on the turntable at Ferryhill shed on 20 May 1967.<br><br>[G W Robin 20/05/1967]](/images/45000/45571.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Sunday layover at Aberdeen Ferryhill depot on 5th March 1972. BR Blue D265 is in the foreground but 359 in green has lost the prefix. Classes 08 and 47 can also be seen. <br>
<br><br>[Graeme Blair 05/03/1972]](/images/61000/61163.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A pair of class 26 locomotives runs south through platform 8 at Aberdeen in November 1972.<br><br>[John McIntyre /11/1972]](/images/17000/17650.jpg "Aberdeen")
![A class 08 shunter stands in platform 6 at Aberdeen in 1973. <br><br>[John McIntyre //1973]](/images/12000/12519.jpg "Aberdeen")
![5071 works south through Aberdeen with a freight in 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1973]](/images/12000/12523.jpg "Aberdeen")
![60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> poses at Aberdeen in 1973 with <I>The Bon Accord</I>.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1973]](/images/13000/13675.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class 08 stands at the south end of Aberdeen station in 1973.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1973]](/images/13000/13685.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class 24 5006 takes a freight for the south out of Guild Street yard in 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1973]](/images/17000/17558.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Class 26 5309 on a southbound postal near Nigg Bay in 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1973]](/images/17000/17583.jpg "Cove")
![A class 24 with the afternoon <i>postal</i> in 1973 heading south out of Aberdeen, past Ferryhill and onto the arches approaching the Dee Viaduct. <br><br>[John McIntyre //1973]](/images/17000/17594.jpg "Dee Viaduct")
![The Aberdeen skyline in this early 1973 view north, with the passenger station to the left and Guild Street freight depot / Freightliner Terminal to the right.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //1973]](/images/33000/33136.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class 40 264 receives attention at Ferryhill MPD in January 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/14000/14283.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Tales of old Ferryhill 2. The notice reads <I>STOP. Proceed on turntable slowly</I>. C 1973. <br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/14000/14361.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Tales of old Ferryhill 1. Fuelling area - the sign reads <I>Warning. No steam locomotives beyond this point. By order.</I> C 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/14000/14363.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Tales of old Ferryhill 3. The wagon mounted tank looks like the waste oil container. Several oil drums and barrows for transporting them around the shed can also be seen. The converted Gresley teak bodied coach forms part of the Ferryhill breakdown train, C. 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/14000/14381.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Tales of old Ferryhill no 43. Grounded old coaching stock - used in steam depots for everything from the general store to the tea bothy to the bike shed. Craiginches prison stands on the horizon on a grey day in 1973. <br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/14000/14382.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A reasonable selection of tracton on Ferryhill MPD in January 1973. Class 25 no 5227 is nearest the camera with Class 47, 24 and Swindon Cross Country units in evidence.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/26000/26408.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Bothy, tool store, covered bike shed, office, training room, toilet facility etc.. at one time the highly adaptable 'grounded coach' was a feature of virtually every steam shed. This one (complete with padlock) was located near the south end of the coaling stage at Ferryhill in 1973. Class 40 no 264 can just be seen in the left background.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/32000/32378.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The former Caledonian Railway engine shed at Aberdeen Ferryhill, seen here in 1973. This shed was later replaced by a larger (but now demolished) version. I believe that this may now be the only remaining railway building on the old 61B site. Having been used for a period by Aberdeen Corporation, it is now back in railway use, although no longer rail connected.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/32000/32399.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Close up of the front end of Class 25 no 5227 outside the shed at Aberdeen Ferryhill in the 1970s. Under the number is a clue that the loco has been based elsewhere as it retains a 'Bristol' sticker.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/36000/36466.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A Swindon Cross Country unit stabled alongside Aberdeen Ferryhill MPD in January 1973 between turns on Aberdeen - Inverness services. The former coaling bank is to the right and the main line is in the background.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/37000/37534.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Brush Type 4 no 1972 outside Ferryhill MPD in January 1973. The scar behind the cab door suggests a recent close encounter. <br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/38000/38642.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![BRC&W Type 2 no 5324 receiving some attention in the yard outside Ferryhill shed in January 1973, with the right hand end of the locomotive on blocks and the bogie having been removed.<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/38000/38680.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Former Aberdeen Gasworks 0-4-0 tank locomotives stored at Ferryhill MPD in January 1973 with 'Mr Therm' taking centre stage [see image 18043].<br><br>[John McIntyre /01/1973]](/images/38000/38697.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A class 24 heads a southbound postal from Aberdeen across the River Dee viaduct in February 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /02/1973]](/images/13000/13717.jpg "Dee Viaduct")
![The Dee viaduct seen on a February afternoon in 1973, with an unidentified diesel shunter crossing on its way from Craiginches yard back to Guild Street.<br><br>[John McIntyre /02/1973]](/images/28000/28522.jpg "Dee Viaduct")
![Aberdeen platforms 7 and 8 on 07 February 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/02/1973]](/images/13000/13623.jpg "Aberdeen")
![A class 47 no.1577 is released through platform 7 to run back to Ferryhill MPD after bringing in the 0720 hrs service from York on 07 February 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/02/1973]](/images/13000/13637.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Guild Street yard, Aberdeen in the early 1970s. BR class 08 no D3877 undertakes the shunting duties as class 47 no 1708 prepares to move a southbound freight out of the yard.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/02/1973]](/images/22000/22001.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class 26 double heading a class 47 about to leave Aberdeen in March 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /03/1973]](/images/12000/12529.jpg "Aberdeen")
![View south from Aberdeen platform 8 in March 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /03/1973]](/images/13000/13634.jpg "Aberdeen")
![5341 and 1530 double head a southbound ECML service out of Aberdeen platform 2 in March 1973. The class 26 will be detached at Waverley with the 47 continuing with the train to York.<br><br>[John McIntyre /03/1973]](/images/20000/20294.jpg "Aberdeen")
![A class 40 heading for Aberdeen from Ferryhill meets a 47 hauled express leaving for the south in April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1973]](/images/11000/11472.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Class 40 no 360 about to leave Ferryhill in April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1973]](/images/14000/14336.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Class 25 on a southbound train passing Ferryhill SB on 21 April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/04/1973]](/images/13000/13603.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Class 40 coming off Ferryhill shed and heading for Aberdeen station on 21 April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/04/1973]](/images/13000/13608.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Class 47 1620 heads an ECML train south out of Aberdeen past Ferryhill Junction on 21 April 1973 with the Dee Viaduct in the right background. Seen from the area behind Ferryhill SB.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/04/1973]](/images/17000/17041.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Looking south from the area behind Ferryhill signal box on 21 April 1973, showing the ECML curving away to the south over the River Dee and the lines off to the right leading to Ferryhill MPD. A class 25 is seen running into the depot, about to pass a class 27 coming off shed and heading for Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/04/1973]](/images/20000/20339.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A Class 40 loco approaches Ferryhill SB on its way from Aberdeen station to Ferryhill MPD after bringing in a train from the south on 21 April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/04/1973]](/images/23000/23729.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Brush Type 4 no 1623 heads south with a passenger train past Ferryhill signal box on 21 April 1973, as an EE Type 4 heads light engine in the opposite direction towards Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/04/1973]](/images/41000/41687.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A class 26 pilots a 47 south past Ferryhill Junction, on 23 April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/04/1973]](/images/14000/14293.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Class 47 no 1628 and class 26 no D5312 await their next duties at Ferryhill MPD on 23 April 1973<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/04/1973]](/images/20000/20616.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A class 24 locomotive moves off a freight about to be shunted into Guild Street yard on 23 April 1973<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/04/1973]](/images/20000/20624.jpg "Aberdeen")
![EE Type 4 no 263 waits at the north end of platform 6, Aberdeen with the 'Evening Express Lifeline Final' to Kyle of Lochalsh on 23 April 1973. The ex LNER coach on the right with Gresley bogies was part of an exhibition train, the sign reads 'rea mobile marketing'.<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/04/1973]](/images/23000/23890.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Barclay 0-4-0 shunter no 2423 appears to be have recently returned from a visit to the paint shop. Photographed on shed at Ferryhill on 23 April 1973.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/04/1973]](/images/28000/28499.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Brush Type 4 no 1628 coupled to BRCW no D5312 at Ferryhill MPD on 23 April 1973. There appears to be a cloud of steam around the front of the Type 4, suggesting that the driver is checking the steam heating equipment before moving off shed to take over a train at Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 23/04/1973]](/images/28000/28509.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Class 47 1968 takes a train south out of Aberdeen on 26 May 1973. <br><br>[John McIntyre 26/05/1973]](/images/13000/13908.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class 26 with a train at Aberdeen platform 6 on 26 May 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 26/05/1973]](/images/13000/13909.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Platform 4 at Aberdeen in May 1973 with a class 47 arriving on a service from the south.<br><br>[John McIntyre 26/05/1973]](/images/18000/18472.jpg "Aberdeen")
![1950 ready for action at Ferryhill MPD, 03 June 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/14000/14281.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Looking across the turntable at Ferryhill MPD, 03 June 1973, with the coaling stage road up on the right.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/14000/14294.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Quiet Sunday at Ferryhill in June 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/14000/14337.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Three ex-Aberdeen Gasworks 0-4-0 tank engines stored in the southwest corner of Ferryhill MPD in 1973. Left to right are <I>Bon Accord, Mr Therm</I> and <I>No 3</I>. [See image 12565]<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/18000/18043.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Shunters on Shed - a Barclay Class 06 no 2423 and three Class 08 shunters bufferred up to one another at Ferryhill MPD in 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/23000/23886.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A Brush Type 4 in two tone green approaches Aberdeen Ferryhill SB with a northbound service in June 1973. This view is taken from the approaches to Ferryhill MPD and Ferryhill SB can be seen on the left of the photograph.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/26000/26605.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Aberdeen Gas Works Barclay 0-4-0ST 'No.3' stands at the back of Ferryhill MPD on 03 June 1973. This was one of the three Gas Works 0-4-0ST locos that were stored at the site for a number of years. <br><br>[John McIntyre 03/06/1973]](/images/60000/60579.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Reconstruction work at Aberdeen station in September 1973 - view north along platforms 6 & 7.<br><br>[John McIntyre /09/1973]](/images/17000/17050.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Class 47 1580 at Aberdeen in September 1973. The locomotive, having worked into platform 6 with a train from the south, is being released through platform 7.<br><br>[John McIntyre /09/1973]](/images/17000/17654.jpg "Aberdeen")
![D3877 shunting Guild Street yard in the winter of 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /11/1973]](/images/17000/17562.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Midway through the afternoon on a wintry November day in 1973, D3877 shunts vans in Guild Street yard, alongside Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre /11/1973]](/images/26000/26154.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![A low Winter sun illuminates the snow covered south end of Aberdeen station in November 1973 as D3877 undertakes shunting duties in the adjacent Guild Street yard.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/11/1973]](/images/16000/16888.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Full house! Aberdeen Ferryhill MPD, 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/12000/12466.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![View across the turntable pit at Ferryhill shed in 1974.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1974]](/images/14000/14071.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A pair of class 47s take a northbound train past Ferryhill MPD in 1974.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1974]](/images/14000/14087.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Lineup of main line locomotives at Ferryhill MPD, C. 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/14000/14278.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Ferryhill with 1632, D2444 and D3877 in the locomotive sidings. C. 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/14000/14393.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Approaching Brechin in 1974.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1974]](/images/15000/15687.jpg "Brechin")
![Class 26 passing Ferryhill box in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/15000/15703.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Lineup at Ferryhill MPD in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/16000/16675.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![On shed at Ferryhill MPD in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/16000/16744.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A class 47 coming off Ferryhill shed and onto the main line in 1974 in the process of running to Aberdeen station to take over a train.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/18000/18318.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![47049 on shed at Ferryhill MPD in 1974. <br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/19000/19208.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A pair of EE Type 4 (Class 40) locomotives rest between duties just outside Ferryhill MPD in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/23000/23766.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![40135 awits its next duty on shed at Ferryhill in 1974. The loco is still in BR Green with lion and wheel crest although it has received a TOPS number. At the right hand end the original number has been painted out.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/26000/26445.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![With the remains of the coaling bank on the left and Ferryhill's main shed to the right, this view is along the refuelling road during the early summer of 1974. Looks like a full house with so many locomotives stabled in the shed yard.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/26000/26450.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![27023 is seen moving between Ferryhill SB (to the right) and Ferryhill MPD (to the left) in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/26000/26453.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A pair of Class 40s (40135 nearest the camera), a Class 47 and Class 26 outside Ferryhill MPD in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/26000/26644.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A Class 47 on shed at Ferryhill between turns in 1974. To the right is a Class 120 Swindon Cross Country DMU.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1974]](/images/42000/42724.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![47526 passes Ferryhill, shortly after leaving Aberdeen with an ECML service in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/12000/12165.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![London - Aberdeen train passing Ferryhill Junction in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/12000/12178.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Southbound Freightliner at Ferryhill Junction in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/12000/12258.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Aberdeen - Glasgow service passing Craiginches in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/12000/12267.jpg "Craiginches North")
![Class 40 40065 heads for Ferryhill MPD in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/12000/12271.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Class 47 and class 24 locomotives stand outside the shed at Ferryhill in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/17000/17392.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![26011 stands outside Ferryhill shed in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/17000/17588.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The 3 ex-Aberdeen Gasworks steam locomotives grounded at Ferryhill shed in 1974 within the compound being used at that time by the Aberdeen Corporation Parks Department. Nearest the camera is No 3 undergoing restoration work. This locomotive is now a permanent exhibit outside the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford. [see image 12565] <br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/18000/18062.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A Swindon Cross Country DMU drifts past Ferryhill signalbox on its way to Ferryhill MPD after a run from Inverness in 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/26000/26212.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![An interesting mix of diesel motive power stands in the yard at Ferryhill MPD in April 1974. From left to right are 26011, an unidentified Class 47 and 24118.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/32000/32314.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Looking towards Ferryhill MPD in April 1974 with a Class 47 standing in the shed yard awaiting its next turn.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1974]](/images/32000/32383.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![<I>'There, there Billy, it's a really nice anorak, and your haircut's lovely... just ignore Mr McIntyre'. </I>The Angus Railway Group 1974 <I>'Upset the Nation'</I> railtour reaches Brechin. [With apologies to Messrs Roberton & McIntyre.] [See image 15672]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 01/06/1974]](/images/15000/15675.jpg "Brechin")
![Aberdeen - Glasgow train passing Ferryhill Junction in June 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 08/06/1974]](/images/12000/12256.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Crossing the Dee Viaduct on the approach to Aberdeen in June 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 08/06/1974]](/images/12000/12275.jpg "Dee Viaduct")
![A 120 DMU runs into Ferryhill depot in June 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 08/06/1974]](/images/16000/16266.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A Swindon class 120 DMU leaves Ferryhill MPD in June 1974 heading for Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 08/06/1974]](/images/32000/32646.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Rounding the curve at Ferryhill Junction in June 1974, a Brush Type 4 approaches the viaduct over the River Dee with an Aberdeen to Glasgow service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 08/06/1974]](/images/45000/45245.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Driver about to climb aboard and take the 13.15 to Glasgow Queen Street out of Aberdeen in July 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/12000/12325.jpg "Aberdeen")
![A pair of class 24s with 24125 leading and 24108 trailing pass northbound through Aberdeen platform 8 in July 1974. <br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/12000/12514.jpg "Aberdeen")
![40135 ready to leave Aberdeen in July 1974 with the 1315 service to Glasgow.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/12000/12517.jpg "Aberdeen")
![1745 ready to leave Aberdeen with an ECML service in July 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/12000/12532.jpg "Aberdeen")
![The southbound postal passing Ferryhill SB in July 1974 behind 25231.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/13000/13569.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Southbound at Ferryhill Junction in July 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/13000/13913.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A 47 brings a train for Kings Cross out of Aberdeen in July 1974 as a class 08 propels empty stock back towards the station.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/16000/16497.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Looking down South College Street, Aberdeen, in July 1974, as a class 40 heads south away from the station on its way to Ferryhill MPD. Under the arches is a series of small <I>factories</I> handling the filleting and preparation of locally landed fish, with stacks of empty fish boxes in evidence alongside ready for return to the harbour.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/20000/20315.jpg "Aberdeen")
![In July 1974 as Brush Type 4 no 47475 passes Ferryhill SB bound for Ferryhill MPD, 0-6-0 shunter D3985 heads towards Aberdeen station with a short freight. The first vehicle is in Departmental service and is marked 'Cells, CM&EE Dept, Aberdeen'.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/26000/26661.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![25231 photographed near Ferryhill signal box in July 1974.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/27000/27864.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![An unidentified class 47 hauls train 1G93 south out of Aberdeen passed Ferryhill signal box in July 1974.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/31000/31163.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![With an exhaust plume and the Aberdeen skyline above it, a Class 47 lifts an east coast service out of the city in July 1974 and is about to pass Ferryhill signal box.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1974]](/images/41000/41398.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![An October 1974 view of the old signal box and extensive goods yard at Brechin. At the time - 6½ years before closure - the Kinnaber Junction to Brechin branch was handling a variety of agricultural and coal traffic, plus - as seen in this photograph - pipes for the North Sea oil sector. The pipe traffic was later switched to Laurencekirk [see image 12553], then Dyce, while the Brechin to Bridge of Dun line gained a new lease of life as the preserved Caledonian Railway.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /10/1974]](/images/37000/37198.jpg "Brechin")
![Class 40 approaching Cove with a northbound freight on 07 December 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/12/1974]](/images/11000/11474.jpg "Cove")
![Class 40 with a northbound coal train passing the site of Cove station on 07 December 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/12/1974]](/images/13000/13744.jpg "Cove")
![Deltic 9000 near Cove with the 0900 Aberdeen - Kings Cross on 07 December 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/12/1974]](/images/13000/13878.jpg "Cove")
![26033 on the 0925 Aberdeen - Glasgow near Cove on 07 December 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/12/1974]](/images/14000/14350.jpg "Cove")
![A class 47 takes a container train north towards Aberdeen through the site of the former Cove station on 07 December 1974.<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/12/1974]](/images/17000/17582.jpg "Cove")
![13.15 Aberdeen - Glasgow service passing Ferryhill in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/12000/12313.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Class 47 at Craiginches with an Aberdeen bound service in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/12000/12338.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![Southbound train on the ECML passes Craiginches Yard in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/12000/12515.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![A class 47 brings 1X00, The Royal Train, south out of Aberdeen in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/16000/16492.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Three ex-Aberdeen Gasworks withdrawn steam locomotives stand alongside the turntable at Ferryhill shed in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/18000/18434.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The 3 ex-Aberdeen Gasworks withdrawn steam locomotives standing at Ferryhill shed in 1975. <br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/18000/18766.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Viewed through the western arch of the Wellington suspension bridge, 40106 (in green) moves slowly past on its way to Ferryhill shed, Aberdeen in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1975]](/images/19000/19242.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Southbound Freightliner approaching Ferryhill Junction on its way south behind a class 26 in May 1975. <br><br>[John McIntyre /05/1975]](/images/14000/14284.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![26033 comes off shed at Ferryhill in May 1975 and heads for Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/1975]](/images/14000/14388.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Class 40 leaving Ferryhill MPD in May 1975 on its way to Aberdeen station to take a train south.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/1975]](/images/14000/14409.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A class 26 takes a container train south out of Aberdeen in May 1975 while in the background a class 47 prepares to follow with a passenger train.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/1975]](/images/15000/15681.jpg "Aberdeen")
![A Class 47 comes off shed at Aberdeen Ferryhill in May 1975 and heads towards Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/1975]](/images/55000/55108.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![An unidentified Class 26 heads south at Ferryhill Jct with a parcels train in the evening of 07 May 1975<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/05/1975]](/images/59000/59829.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A class 40 heads south past Craiginches North SB on 25 May 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/11000/11488.jpg "Craiginches North")
![A class 40 heads south from Aberdeen over the Dee Viaduct on 25 May 1975<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/12000/12329.jpg "Dee Viaduct")
![A class 47 rounds the curve at Craiginches North on the approach to the viaduct over the River Dee, Aberdeen on 25 May 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/12000/12577.jpg "Craiginches North")
![Class 40 passing Ferryhill SB heading for the MPD on 25 May 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/13000/13624.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Craiginches North SB on 25 May 1975 with a class 47 passing on a train for Aberdeen.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/13000/13722.jpg "Craiginches North")
![A class 27 on an Aberdeen bound train at Craiginches North on 25 May 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/17000/17559.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![47474 leaves a cloud of exhaust over Ferryhill box on 25 May 1975 as it passes under the adjacent signal gantry with the 1015 hrs train to Edinburgh, shortly after leaving Aberdeen station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/23000/23891.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![BRCW Type 2 no. 26028 passes Ferryhill Junction on 25 May 1975 and heads for the MPD.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/40000/40551.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![With Ferryhill MPD to the right, a Class 40 brings a train off the Dee Viaduct on the approach to Aberdeen station in May 1975. The three ex Aberdeen Gas Works locos can be seen to the right of the Class 40. [See image 18043]<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/40000/40563.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![The signals are <I>off</I> but no trains appear; Craiginches North box is switched out one weekend in May 1975. The view is east from the bridge carrying Wellington Road over the railway. Today there are fewer sidings but the Blue Circle cement building still stands.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/46000/46080.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![BRCW Type 2 no. 26028 passing Ferryhill SB on 25 May 1975 running light engine from Aberdeen station to Ferryhill MPD.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/05/1975]](/images/53000/53841.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Looking south from the end of the platform at Aberdeen station on 20 February 1977 as 47525 waits to depart and 08515 shunts wagons into Guild Street yard. Beyond the 47 a group of PW staff are working on a diamond crossing.<br><br>[John McIntyre 20/02/1977]](/images/24000/24113.jpg "Aberdeen")
![View from the end of Platforms 3 & 4 at Aberdeen into Guild Street Yard at a time when the yard was open and railfreight was plentiful, 20 February 1977. The container yard can be seen below the signal on the right.<br><br>[John McIntyre 20/02/1977]](/images/24000/24354.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Shunting at Guild Street yard, Aberdeen, on 20 February 1977, 08515 has a rest between tasks.<br><br>[John McIntyre 20/02/1977]](/images/25000/25006.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Class 40 departs south from Aberdeen in April 1977. <br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1977]](/images/13000/13604.jpg "Aberdeen")
![47517 passing Ferryhill signal box in April 1977 on its way from Aberdeen station to Ferryhill MPD.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1977]](/images/31000/31965.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![A Class 08 shunter stands next to Ferryhill SB (just in view on the extreme left) before heading to Guild St yard in April 1977.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1977]](/images/61000/61327.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![47517 comes off the main line at Ferryhill Junction and heads towards Ferryhill MPD, out of view to the left, on 19 April 1977.<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/04/1977]](/images/37000/37506.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![27012 arriving at Brechin in April 1979.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection //1979]](/images/61000/61814.jpg "Brechin")
![27012 runs round its train in the former station at Brechin after arrival.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection //1979]](/images/61000/61849.jpg "Brechin")
![A class 47 hauls a southbound service out of Aberdeen past Nigg Bay in April 1979.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 11/04/1979]](/images/20000/20646.jpg "Cove")
![The interior of Aberdeen South Signal Box illuminated by the rapidly sinking winter sun. Taken during a visit by the AURS to the then 3 remaining boxes around the Joint Station in 1980, the year before closure. [Ref query 15 April 2018]<br><br>[Charlie Niven /02/1980]](/images/63000/63633.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Lower quadrant signals on platform 6 (looking north) in 1980<br><br>[John Williamson 31/05/1980]](/images/18000/18487.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Ticket number 123 for the last train to Brechin. Although the train ran from Edinburgh, we members of the Aberdeen University Railway Society, actually boarded the train at Montrose not at Dundee as shown on the ticket. It was a short but memorable trip.<br><br>[Charlie Niven 02/05/1981]](/images/55000/55678.jpg "Brechin")
![The 'Last Train to Brechin' railtour held at the outer home signal for Kinnaber Junction. It had to reverse and cross over to the Up Main to continue its journey south. [Ref query 24 March 2018]<br><br>[Charlie Niven 02/05/1981]](/images/63000/63343.jpg "Kinnaber Junction")
![A Class 27 stands in the shed yard at Aberdeen, Ferryhill, in October 1981.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 24/10/1981]](/images/38000/38533.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The concourse at Aberdeen in June 1981.<br><br>[David Panton /6/1981]](/images/16000/16273.jpg "Aberdeen")
![A Barclay at Brechin in August 1983. The locomotive belonged to Ian Fraser, who acquired it from a local sugar beet railway. <br><br>[Peter Todd /08/1983]](/images/19000/19266.jpg "Brechin")
![D200 at Aberdeen Guild Street Goods in 1985.<br><br>[Crinan Dunbar //1985]](/images/60000/60402.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![D200 and class 47s in Guild Street Goods on the curve formerly giving access to the harbour in 1985.<br><br>[Crinan Dunbar //1985]](/images/60000/60415.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![View over Ferryhill in 1986.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1986]](/images/15000/15417.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A class 47 with a train on the approach to Aberdeen in 1987.<br><br>[Alan Cormack //1987]](/images/20000/20976.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Laurencekirk goods yard. The shed has been dismantled for use on a preserved railway.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1987]](/images/57000/57347.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Looking east over Bridge of Dun station, Caledonian Railway (Brechin).<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1987]](/images/58000/58997.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![I think the Northern Lights headboard was used to motivate the Ferry Hill Depot workers after stabling and attention to visiting locomotives stopped in the mid-1980s. Ferry Hill lost its allocation of 08s in December 1987.<br><br>[Crinan Dunbar //1987]](/images/60000/60294.jpg "Aberdeen")
![This is a push pull class 47 on the 20th April 1987, don't remember if leaving or arriving! The River Dee is in the background, the suspension bridge was opened in 1830, the road bridge was only 6 years old.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 20/04/1987]](/images/59000/59922.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![Ferryhill Shed, photographed in November 1988, not long after closure. [Access by kind permission of British Rail]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/11/1988]](/images/15000/15303.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![A northbound 125 seen from the trackbed of the old Caley mainline at Kinnaber Junction. But for a twist of fate the 125s could have been running on the old Forfar route ...<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/16000/16152.jpg "Kinnaber Junction")
![Craigo, looking north in 1989.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/18000/18037.jpg "Craigo")
![Craigo box, with the line to Aberdeen running off to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/18000/18047.jpg "Craigo")
![A southbound 477 propelled train seen at Laurencekirk in 1989. The station was to re-open twenty years later.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/60000/60011.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![47518 heading north through Portlethen station in 1989.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/62000/62808.jpg "Portlethen")
![A southbound 47 (no number obvious, just an unreadable name plate) passing through Pertlethen station in 1989.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/62000/62862.jpg "Portlethen")
![View south at Kinnaber Junction from a northbound train in 1989. British Rail closed what had become the goods only branch to Brechin in 1981.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 25/01/1989]](/images/54000/54315.jpg "Kinnaber Junction")
![View of the Craiginches North Sidings from a train approaching Aberdeen in 1989.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/11/1989]](/images/58000/58214.jpg "Craiginches North Sidings")
![Bridge of Dun - August 1992.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/12000/12036.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Station approach at Bridge of Dun in August 1992.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/17000/17028.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Two vehicles from the preserved Class 126 set at Bridge of Dun in the 1992.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/36000/36476.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Looking south-west from the Up platform at Bridge of Dun in August 1992. The track curves to the right at the end of the platform heading to Brechin. 26 years earlier the main line to Forfar and Perth would have been in place with Gresley A4s thundering through on the 3 hour expresses between Glasgow and Aberdeen. [See image 6886]<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/39000/39236.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![<I>The Carmyllie Pilot</I>, aka Ivatt 2-6-0 no 46464, awaiting restoration at Bridge of Dun in August 1992. The sign reads 'Brechin Caledonian Railway, donations gratefully received'. [See image 19076]<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/40000/40191.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 6 draws forward from the train that has just arrived at Bridge of Dun station in August 1992.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/42000/42128.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![A quiet (and damp) afternoon at Brechin in August 1992, waiting for the train to arrive from Bridge of Dun.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/61000/61257.jpg "Brechin")
![A view towards Kinnaber Jct from the end of the station area at Bridge of Dun in August 1992. Not quite how it once was with the Aberdeen to Glasgow expresses passing.<br><br>[John McIntyre 09/08/1992]](/images/61000/61934.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![A Class 37 in front of 'dead'' Class 26 no D5300 waits to leave Aberdeen with the 1010 <I>Enterprise</I> service to Mossend in the summer of 1995. D5300 (formerly 26 007) was the first Birmingham Sulzer Type 2 to be built, and had been repainted in original green livery at Eastfield depot in 1992. It is now preserved at Barrow Hill.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //1995]](/images/26000/26386.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![View west to Forfar at Dubton in 1996. Behind the camera the routes to Montrose and Aberdeen diverged.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/57000/57064.jpg "Dubton")
![158 706 arrives at Stonehaven on an Aberdeen service in July 1998.<br><br>[David Panton /07/1998]](/images/28000/28971.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Newtonhill SB looking towards Aberdeen. October 1998.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1998]](/images/18000/18920.jpg "Newtonhill")
![The signal box at Craigo in October 1998 looking north.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1998]](/images/20000/20247.jpg "Craigo")
![47 786 <I>Roy Castle</I> propels sleeper stock into platform 4 at Aberdeen in October 1998.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1998]](/images/22000/22007.jpg "Aberdeen")
![The level crossing at Carmont, south of Aberdeen, in October 1998. The gates are set against the (quiet) road but opened to allow me to cross.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1998]](/images/22000/22112.jpg "Carmont")
![158 703 with a southbound service at Portlethen in May 1999.<br><br>[David Panton /05/1999]](/images/19000/19268.jpg "Portlethen")
![Main building at Stonehaven in May 1992. [See image 24422]<br><br>[David Panton /05/1999]](/images/20000/20020.jpg "Stonehaven")
![The 1849 Caledonian Railway station at Montrose, closed in 1934, now Caledonian House. Photographed in July 1999.<br><br>[David Panton /07/1999]](/images/27000/27946.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![View south of the imposing exterior of Aberdeen Guild St goods shed, built on the site of Guild St passenger station, which was replaced by the present station. The shed was demolished and the yard cleared for the Union Square development.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /08/1999]](/images/18000/18229.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Interior of Guild Street Goods shed, east side, at the time given over for use as a carpark with a small portion at the south still in use for dry goods. This massive building has since been demolished. View looks north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /08/1999]](/images/18000/18232.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![The former Freightliner crane at Aberdeen Guild Street depot in summer 2000, handling containerised coal brought north by EWS Enterprise services. On closure of Guild Street the crane was dismantled, refurbished and re-erected at the new Craiginches railhead where DRS now handles containerised traffic for Asda and WH Malcolm.<br><br>[David Spaven //2000]](/images/37000/37334.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Part of the spacious interior of Aberdeen's Guild Street goods shed in 2000, largely disused by this time but with a few wagons present. [Ref query 30 December 2017]<br>
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<br><br>[Bill Roberton //2000]](/images/62000/62333.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![One of the last traditional city centre freight depots in Britain, Aberdeen Guild Street, seen here in 2003. The former Freightliner terminal is in the background, closed by Freightliner in 1987 and subsequently purchased and operated by John G Russell Transport. Making way for a retail development, Guild Street has now been replaced by new / enhanced railheads at Dyce, Craiginches and Waterloo Quay.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //2003]](/images/27000/27669.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![The bright lights of Carmont.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2005]](/images/5000/5891.jpg "Carmont")
![The closed station at Laurencekirk looking north in 2005. Amazingly this still stands although it has seen better days.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2005]](/images/5000/5903.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Northbound train for Aberdeen at Carmont - November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel /11/2006]](/images/12000/12508.jpg "Carmont")
![The signal box at Stonehaven in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel /11/2006]](/images/12000/12509.jpg "Stonehaven")
![North of Carmont - November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel /11/2006]](/images/12000/12521.jpg "Carmont")
![Looking north over Portlethan station towards Aberdeen, 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel /11/2006]](/images/12000/12642.jpg "Portlethen")
![Old goods shed at Stonehaven - now Station Motors. November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel /11/2006]](/images/12000/12674.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Nightshift - Stonehaven signal box, November 2006. <br><br>[John Furnevel 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12280.jpg "Stonehaven")
![View across the running lines towards Stonehaven signal box in November 2006. The SB stands at the north end of the up platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12307.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Evening Edinburgh - Aberdeen service calls at Stonehaven platform 2 on 4 November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/11/2006]](/images/15000/15968.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Looking over Clayhills carriage sidings, Aberdeen, early on a Sunday morning in November 2006. While much of the city is sitting down to breakfast and the Sunday papers, a GNER HST set (centre) is warming up prior to moving into the station where it will form the 0950 Aberdeen - Kings Cross. The second set will form the 11.42 service to the same destination, while the stock of the Aberdeen portion of the Caledonian Sleeper, will not be required for another 12 hours. <br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12270.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![Sunday morning at Aberdeen, looking south, November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12333.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Mid morning scene at Clayhills sidings on Sunday 5 November 2006. The HST set will form the 1142 service to Kings Cross. Stabled alongside is the stock of the Aberdeen portion of the Caledonian Sleeper.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12391.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![The eastern entrance to Guild Street goods yard, Aberdeen, from Market Street in November 2006 with containers being loaded at the south end. The tracks in the foreground once crossed Market Street and continued into Aberdeen docks. Rail activity here will soon cease with container traffic moving to new handling facilities at Craiginches. [See image 18074]<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12394.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Looking over the servicing and stabling areas to the south of Aberdeen station on Sunday 5 November 2006 with a ScotRail 170 DMU receiving attention. The station itself is off picture to the left and Clayhills sidings are on the right. The HST in the process of leaving the sidings is about to move into the station to form the 0950 to Kings Cross. Other occupants of the sidings are a second HST (1142 to Kings Cross) plus the stock for the 2215 Caledonian Sleeper to Euston. <br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12397.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![View south along Aberdeen station frontage on a Sunday morning in November 2006 just after the station had opened.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12399.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Looking north along the through platforms at Aberdeen in November 2006 with a train boarding for Inverness. The line behind the wire fence to the left is used for station bypass and train servicing movements.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12401.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Guild Street, Aberdeen, looking south in November 2006 with the station over to the right. Most of the old yard is now out of use although container and other traffic is still handled at the south end (left background). Current plans for alternative freight handling facilities at Raiths Farm near Dyce, with container traffic moving to Craiginches, would release the Guild Streeet site for redevelopment.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12402.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Empty stock from Clayhills sidings arriving at Aberdeen station on 5 November 2006. The train will later depart as the 0950 to London Kings Cross.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12438.jpg "Aberdeen")
![The station concourse at Aberdeen looking south early on a quiet Sunday morning on 5 November 2006 shortly after the station opened for business.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12545.jpg "Aberdeen")
![D5314 stabled in the main platform at Bridge of Dun on 7 November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12322.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Looking east over the sidings at Bridge of Dun in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12345.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![25072 awaiting attention in the yard at Bridge of Dun in Nov 2006. [See image 19198].<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12351.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Former goods shed at Stonehaven, now Station Motors, seen here in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12426.jpg "Stonehaven")
![26035 awaits attention at the Caledonian Railway centre, Brechin, in November 2006. [See image 37763]<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12432.jpg "Brechin")
![Ex-BR class 11 12052 awaiting restoration at Brechin in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12505.jpg "Brechin")
![The 1849 Stonehaven station building in November 2006, seen looking west from the car park.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12510.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Shed and stabling area at Bridge of Dun, November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12527.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![The Egon Ronay car, Bridge of Dun, November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12546.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Brechin station, November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12549.jpg "Brechin")
![The 1848 station at Bridge of Dun, photographed on 7 November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12623.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![BR class 11 shunter 12093 stands in the yard at Brechin in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12628.jpg "Brechin")
![Neat looking shunter at Bridge of Dun in Nov 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12662.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![D5314 stands at Bridge of Dun in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/12000/12680.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Derby built BR Class 11 no 12093 in the yard at Brechin in November 2006. <br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/51000/51453.jpg "Brechin")
![Smart looking preserved diesel locomotive 37097, photographed in November 2006 in the sidings of the Caledonian Railway Ltd at Bridge of Dun.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/11/2006]](/images/51000/51975.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Up train passing Carmont in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 08/11/2006]](/images/12000/12314.jpg "Carmont")
![A southbound train from Aberdeen seen just north of Carmont in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 08/11/2006]](/images/12000/12437.jpg "Carmont")
![Site of the former Newtonhill station between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, closed to passengers in June 1956. View north in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/11/2006]](/images/12000/12632.jpg "Newtonhill")
![Old grounded coach in use as a summer house near a holiday cottage at Crawton, just over 2 miles south of Stonehaven, photographed on 9 November 2006. The coach was built at York in 1924 as LNER Locker Composite 10168. [Ref query 646] <br><br>[John Furnevel 09/11/2006]](/images/57000/57965.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Rear of Laurencekirk signal box seen from the main road in November 2006 - and looking a lot smarter than the old station building [see image 12552].<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/11/2006]](/images/12000/12551.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Station frontage at Laurencekirk, November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/11/2006]](/images/12000/12552.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![View north over Laurencekirk station in November 2006. Behind the station stands the large goods shed and to the north lie passing loops, a signal box and the entrance to the goods yard, occupied at that time by 2 trainloads of pipes.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/11/2006]](/images/12000/12553.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Entrance to the yard at Laurencekirk in November 2006 looking north with the old station just south of the goods shed on the right. The cranes are transferring pipes from rail to road transport.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/11/2006]](/images/12000/12556.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![An Aberdeen - Edinburgh service calls at Stonehaven in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/11/2006]](/images/12000/12561.jpg "Stonehaven")
![The passenger, Laurencekirk, January 2007. Not so long to wait now.... just over 2 years maybe... give or take?<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2007]](/images/13000/13322.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![We apologise for the delay from 1967 to May 2009 affecting passenger services. In the meantime please enjoy these (somewhat aged) posters. [See image 24219]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2007]](/images/13000/13338.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Southbound 125 crossing the North Esk Viaduct west of Marykirk.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2007]](/images/13000/13343.jpg "Marykirk Viaduct")
![View east over Craiginches Yard which looks to be pretty much out of use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2007]](/images/13000/13347.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![Work begins on the Union Square development on the site of the former Aberdeen Guild Street freight depot.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2007]](/images/13000/13366.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![67011 stands patiently in Aberdeen Guild Street yard in May 2007 as a train of pipes is loaded. <br><br>[Mick Golightly /05/2007]](/images/15000/15489.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![67011 ready to leave Guild Street yard with a consignment of pipes in May 2007.<br><br>[Mick Golightly /05/2007]](/images/15000/15497.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Pipe loading in Guild Street yard in June 2007. The days at Guild Street are numbered with work currently underway on the provision of replacement freight handling facilities at Raiths Farm near Dyce. <br><br>[Mick Golightly /06/2007]](/images/15000/15432.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![EWS 66 with a train of pipes in Guild Street yard, Aberdeen in June 2007. The south end of Aberdeen station can be seen in the left background. <br><br>[Mick Golightly /06/2007]](/images/15000/15433.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![EWS class 67 with a load of pipes at Guild Street yard in June 2007. <br><br>[Mick Golightly /06/2007]](/images/15000/15440.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Trainload of timber in Guild Street yard, Aberdeen in June 2007. The view east shows the exit onto Market Street in the background and beyond that the dock area. <br><br>[Mick Golightly /06/2007]](/images/15000/15462.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![Loaded pipes ready for shipment, Guild Street yard, Aberdeen, June 2007.<br><br>[Mick Golightly /06/2007]](/images/15000/15471.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![67011 stabled at the west end of Guild Street yard in June 2007 with Market Street and the docks beyond. No idea what happened to the car!<br><br>[Mick Golightly /06/2007]](/images/15000/15529.jpg "Aberdeen Guild Street")
![A rather old and weather-beaten LMS <i>No Trespassing</i> sign still standing on the embankment just to the south of the new Aberdeen, Craiginches, freight terminal in December 2007.<br><br>[John Williamson 17/12/2007]](/images/17000/17511.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![A container train being unloaded at the new facilities on the south side of Craiginches yard, Aberdeen on 21 February 2008. These replace the former container handling facilities at Guild Street, with other Guild Street traffic switching to Raiths Farm. On the north side of the main line is the Blue Circle cement terminal <br><br>[Alan Cormack 21/02/2008]](/images/18000/18074.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![Looking north towards Aberdeen along the platform at Laurencekirk on 27 February 2008. The 1849 station was closed in September 1967 but is scheduled to reopen in just over a years time. [See image 24189] <br><br>[Bill Roberton 27/02/2008]](/images/18000/18132.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Scene just south of Laurencekirk on 27 February with Freightliner 66615 on the 6A65 Oxwellmains - Aberdeen cement train.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 27/02/2008]](/images/18000/18181.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Southbound train passing Craigo signal box on 27 February. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 27/02/2008]](/images/18000/18195.jpg "Craigo")
![4A66 Grangemouth - Aberdeen containers approaching Laurencekirk on 27 February behind DRS 66414. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 27/02/2008]](/images/18000/18226.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Northbound ECML service passing the up starter at Craigo on 27 February<br><br>[Bill Roberton 27/02/2008]](/images/18000/18255.jpg "Craigo")
![Goods platform at Brechin. Gate locked but the tank has seen me.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/03/2008]](/images/18000/18182.jpg "Brechin")
![Very attractive main entrance at Brechin station in March 2008, well maintained by volunteers. Brechin trains will run at the Easter weekend. Permission has been granted for the Caledonian Railway (Brechin) to lengthen their main platform, at the moment four carriages is the maximum.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/03/2008]](/images/18000/18188.jpg "Brechin")
![Looking north from the overbridge near Lunan Bay. Station House is in the trees to the left.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/03/2008]](/images/18000/18263.jpg "Lunan Bay")
![Looking west over the now largely lifted Craiginches North Sidings on 5 March 2008.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 05/03/2008]](/images/18000/18231.jpg "Craiginches North")
![The disused goods shed at Laurencekirk viewed from the north on 26 March 2008.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18559.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![The 1849 station building at Laurencekirk which is to be refurbished and is scheduled to re-open before the end of 2008.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18563.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Crossing at Montrose, with 170 433 bound for Edinburgh Waverley and 170 419 heading north to Aberdeen.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18564.jpg "Montrose")
![Montrose South signal box on 26 March 2008.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18567.jpg "Montrose")
![Interior of the goods shed at Laurencekirk, home of many (soon to be evicted) pigeons.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18571.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![The goods shed at Laurencekirk viewed from the south in March 2008. There are currently plans to dismantle the old shed and re-erect it at Bridge of Dun.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18597.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![I know its not quite Glasgow Central, but I think only two full panels for departures is a bit mean.<br><br>[David Panton 02/04/2008]](/images/18000/18581.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Passing services at Stonehaven on 2 April 2008, with an Aberdeen bound HST alongside 170 428 on a service to Edinburgh.<br><br>[David Panton 02/04/2008]](/images/19000/19964.jpg "Stonehaven")
![170 417 slows for the Stonehaven stop on 2 April 2008 with an Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street service.<br><br>[David Panton 02/04/2008]](/images/21000/21799.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Picture of Glasgow Central Station found at Brechin Station on the preserved Brechin to Bridge of Dun line.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 22/06/2008]](/images/20000/20093.jpg "Brechin")
![NBR notice warning of trespassing at Brechin Station<br><br>[Colin Harkins 22/06/2008]](/images/20000/20094.jpg "Brechin")
![The turntable at Ferryhill shed, photographed on 5 November 2008.<br><br>[John Crouch 05/11/2008]](/images/21000/21359.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![Part of the remains of the former Ferryhill shed on 5 November 2008. <br><br>[John Crouch 05/11/2008]](/images/21000/21363.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![The former trackbed at Montrose CR has been turned into a garden. This was a terminus and the line to Dubton ran off to the right. A line continued to the left into the harbour which also had a connection from Montrose NB station.<br><br>[Jim Pattison //2009]](/images/25000/25303.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![A view of the former Caledonian terminus at Montrose, now sheltered housing. The building had a large trainshed and although this has been removed it has been replaced with a pleasant glass canopy.<br><br>[Jim Pattison //2009]](/images/25000/25304.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![The former Caledonian Railway terminus at Montrose in 2009. The platform was to the left and a trainshed covered the track.<br><br>[Jim Pattison //2009]](/images/25000/25307.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![Newtonhill signalbox alongside the site of the former station on the Aberdeen Railway.<br><br>[Jim Pattison //2009]](/images/25000/25310.jpg "Newtonhill")
![Black 5 45407 pilots stablemate 45231 climbing hard on the cliffs above the North Sea at Doonies, just south of Aberdeen, with the <I>Great Britain II</I> on a glorious Easter Sunday 12 April 2009.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 12/04/2009]](/images/23000/23252.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Stanier Black 5 no 45407 <I>Lancashire Fusilier</I>, high on the cliffs south of Aberdeen on 12 April 2009 at the head of the <I>Great Britain II</I> railtour.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 12/04/2009]](/images/23000/23280.jpg "Aberdeen")
![This bill was posted in the vestibule of the Ramsay Arms Hotel in Fettercairn (some 4 miles from Laurencekirk) in April 2009.<br><br>[Colin Martin 22/04/2009]](/images/23000/23396.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![DRS Class 66 heads an intermodal freight north through Stonehaven.<br><br>[John Robin 13/05/2009]](/images/23000/23664.jpg "Stonehaven")
![View north towards Aberdeen from the down platform of the reopened Laurencekirk station on 18 May 2009.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 18/05/2009]](/images/23000/23731.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![New notice board opposite the main entrance at Laurencekirk on 18 May 2009, first day of operations at the reopened station.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 18/05/2009]](/images/23000/23735.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![The re-opening day at Laurencekirk on 18 May 2009, with passengers awaiting the arrival of an Aberdeen train.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 18/05/2009]](/images/36000/36648.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Lesson in restoration - the recently reopened Laurencekirk station, photographed on 18 June 2009. View along the down platform [see image 18132]. <br><br>[David Panton 18/06/2009]](/images/24000/24189.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![The old posters left here at closure in 1967, now preserved behind glass at the reopened Laurencekirk station in June 2009. Another nice touch [see image 13338]. <br><br>[David Panton 18/06/2009]](/images/24000/24219.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Scene at Laurencekirk station on 18 June 2009, a month after repening. The station name is rendered in the style it was at closure in 1967. A nice touch.<br><br>[David Panton 18/06/2009]](/images/24000/24220.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![One of the waiting room displays at the reopened Laurencekirk station, photographed on 18 June 2009.<br><br>[David Panton 18/06/2009]](/images/24000/24238.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Heralded by a clatter of bells and a clunk of levers in the box behind me, 170 408 arrives at Stonehaven with a service for Glasgow Queen Street on 18 June 2009<br><br>[David Panton 18/06/2009]](/images/24000/24308.jpg "Stonehaven")
![The exterior of Stonehaven station, seen from the carriage drive on 18 June 2009. [See image 20020 to play '<I>spot the changes over ten years.</I>'] <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 18/06/2009]](/images/24000/24422.jpg "Stonehaven")
![170 417 with an Aberdeen bound service at Laurencekirk on 19 June 2009.<br><br>[David Panton 19/06/2009]](/images/24000/24187.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![170 417 heads off for Aberdeen on 19 June after a stop at Laurencekirk.<br><br>[David Panton 19/06/2009]](/images/24000/24249.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Period photograph of Laurencekirk looking north which is part of a display in the newly re-opened station's waiting room. [See image 24238 for the rest of the display.]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/07/2009]](/images/24000/24542.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![An Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street service calls at Laurencekirk on 12 July 2009. Note the successfully restored (as opposed to demolished) main building on the down platform [see image 13322].<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/07/2009]](/images/24000/24568.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![A northbound train pulls away from its stop at Laurencekirk in July 2009.<br><br>[John Robin 28/07/2009]](/images/24000/24790.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![Taken from a northbound train on 25 September 2009 looking south back over the site of Kinnaber Junction with the former Strathmore route formation in the low scrub on the right. Compare with John Robin's shot from a southbound train over 45 years ago, [see image 6950].<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/09/2009]](/images/25000/25627.jpg "Kinnaber Junction")
![158727 travels towards Ferryhill on an ecs movement on 25 September, bypassing a 13 coach charter train waiting for a platform at Aberdeen. The Wellington Suspension bridge over the River Dee can be seen on the left.<br>
<br><br>[B A Cairns 25/09/2009]](/images/25000/25665.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![The sun starts to lift the har as 70013 heads north over Marykirk viaduct with The Great Britain 3.<br><br>[John Robin 11/04/2010]](/images/28000/28943.jpg "Marykirk Viaduct")
![43238 at the rear of the 14.50 to Kings Cross on 5th June 2010. This service was diverted to run non-stop between Dundee and Haymarket via Perth and Stirling due to engineering work in Fife.<br><br>[Michael Gibb 05/06/2010]](/images/29000/29252.jpg "Aberdeen")
![Rebuilt Scot no 46115 <I> Scots Guardsman </I> races across Marykirk Viaduct on 17 April with <I> The Great Britain IV </I> on its way to Inverness via Aberdeen.<br>
<br><br>[John Gray 17/04/2011]](/images/33000/33716.jpg "Marykirk Viaduct")
![The peace memorial alongside the former station at Muchalls, north of Stonehaven, in April 2011. The memorial, on a mound behind the site of the up platform, displays a Royal Crown and the word PEACE with the date 1919. <br><br>[Brian Taylor 17/04/2011]](/images/34000/34026.jpg "Muchalls")
![Rebuilt Scot 46115 <I>Scots Guardsman</I> hauls the northern part of the 'Great Britain V' over the viaduct at Lunan Bay three miles south of Montrose.<br><br>[John Gray 22/04/2012]](/images/38000/38643.jpg "Lunan Bay")
![The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October 2012. <br><br>[John McIntyre 20/10/2012]](/images/40000/40838.jpg "Fordoun")
![The 12.07 First Scotrail Class 170 Aberdeen - Edinburgh approaches Fordoun on 20 October 2012. Photographed from the road bridge alongside the station site [see image 40838] looking north east towards the Network Rail track access point in the middle distance. <br><br>[John McIntyre 20/10/2012]](/images/41000/41166.jpg "Fordoun")
![A Down ScotRail service passes the spectacularly sited but long gone station at Lunan Bay in January 2013. The Station House remains, but is hidden by the trees.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 30/01/2013]](/images/41000/41887.jpg "Lunan Bay")
![The approach road to Lunan Bay station in January 2013. Only the house remains. The white concrete gateposts look to be LNER standard.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 30/01/2013]](/images/41000/41890.jpg "Lunan Bay")
![A northbound service pulls into Stonehaven station with easterly gale force winds driving snow in from the north sea on Sunday 10th March 2013. A Scotrail staff member is hard at work clearing snow and salting the platforms. <br><br>[Brian Taylor 10/03/2013]](/images/42000/42318.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Black 5 No 45407 ascends the gradient past Muchalls with the <I>Great Britain VI</I> on the way to Aberdeen on 24 April. In the background is the headland known as Grim Brigs.<br><br>[John Gray 24/04/2013]](/images/42000/42886.jpg "Muchalls")
![A4 Pacific no 60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> reprises a role it would have been familiar with fifty years ago, hauling an express between Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Pictured on 24 April 2013 north of Stonehaven with the <I>Great Britain VI</I>.<br><br>[John Gray 24/04/2013]](/images/42000/42889.jpg "Stonehaven")
![60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> runs north through Carmont on 1 May 2014 bound for Aberdeen with the <I>Great Britain VII</I>.<br><br>[John Gray 01/05/2014]](/images/47000/47198.jpg "Carmont")
![A4 60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> passes over the Carron Water on 1 May 2014 during the climb out of Stonehaven with the <I>Great Britain VII</I>.<br><br>[John Gray 01/05/2014]](/images/47000/47254.jpg "Stonehaven")
![A quiet daytime scene looking east over Clayhills carriage sidings, Aberdeen, on 8 August 2014. The Aberdeen portion of the Caledonian Sleeper will be moved into the station for boarding from 21.15, with a scheduled deparure time of 21.43.<br><br>[Jim Peebles 08/08/2014]](/images/48000/48297.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![Main entrance to the former Caledonian railway terminus in Montrose, photographed on 18 September 2014 looking south from Railway Place. Opened by the Aberdeen Railway in 1849, the station closed to passengers in 1934 when traffic was switched to the NB route. The building has since been modified internally for use as sheltered housing accommodation.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 18/09/2014]](/images/48000/48825.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![Platform side of the former Caledonian Railway terminus in Montrose on 18 September 2014 [see image 48825].<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 18/09/2014]](/images/48000/48834.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![Part of the converted waiting room at the former Caledonian Railway terminus in Montrose, now the residents lounge in a sheltered housing complex [see image 48834].<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 18/09/2014]](/images/48000/48848.jpg "Montrose [CR]")
![Turbostar 170414 in Borders Railway Livery. An unexpected sighting, at Stonehaven, of 170414 on an Aberdeen service and, for once, I had my camera ready.<br><br>[John Gray 05/04/2016]](/images/54000/54725.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Brechin City No 3059 at Bridge of Dun on 30th May 2016.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 30/05/2016]](/images/57000/57601.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![This is Craiginches cement sidings in an industrial area of Aberdeen. Colas Rail 60076 Dunbar, which was named here in March 2016 by the then Scottish Government Minister Derek McKay MSP, waits to return the empty VTG wagons to Tarmac's Oxwellmains cement works. Another connection between these places is that the railway is helping to preserve these place-names which are at some risk of disappearing. Craiginches Prison closed in 2014 with new housing on the site not certain to retain the name. Oxwellmains cement works and landfill have a limited lifespan so who knows what will become of that name in coming decades. [Ref query 17831]<br><br>[Charlie Niven 20/06/2016]](/images/56000/56979.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![To the south of the Joint Station lies the Clayhills Service Delivery Depot (left background) and associated sidings with Caley sleeper train waiting for the evening start. The name Clayhills is an old name for a district of Aberdeen which has otherwise disappeared from the map. This is a classic example of how the operational railway preserves old place names. There was indeed a small extractive industry and brick and tile-making works on this site see http://www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk/clayhills-brick-and-tile-works-aberdeen/ <br><br>[Charlie Niven 20/06/2016]](/images/57000/57602.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![Thomas the Tank Engine No.1 about to depart Bridge of Dun to Brechin Station during a Thomas Special day <br><br>[Colin Harkins 23/07/2016]](/images/56000/56039.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![Thomas the Tank Engine No.1 enroute from Bridge of Dun to Brechin Station during a Thomas Special day <br><br>[Colin Harkins 23/07/2016]](/images/56000/56053.jpg "Bridge of Dun")
![This is inside the lovely and warm waiting room on the north bound platform tonight. A couple of surviving posters protected behind glass.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 09/01/2017]](/images/57000/57758.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![The lit walkway to the signal box at Laurencekirk runs north from the southbound platform.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 09/01/2017]](/images/57000/57818.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![While I wait for my 8 mins late train to Aberdeen! Here's a mural on the south platform of Laurencekirk station.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 09/01/2017]](/images/58000/58041.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![This is the 11:42 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street passing the signal box at Tannachie. The station here was latterly called Carmont having gone through various names; New Mill Offset, Newmill Siding, Newmill and finally Carmont. Carmont was somewhat further east but at least Carmont Hill is not far away.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 10/01/2017]](/images/57000/57781.jpg "Carmont")
![Seen in the Engineer's siding just to the south of the railway bridge over the River Dee taken from the car park of Tesco. The siding in a previous life served a wood yard. The number is DR7700 SB rail.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 01/02/2017]](/images/58000/58050.jpg "Craiginches North")
![<a target=external href=http://www.ferryhillrailwayht.org.uk/>Ferryhill turntable <img src=/images/Icon_External_Link.png></a> has been temporarily been removed for restoration by e-blast Ltd of Kintore.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 20/02/2017]](/images/58000/58177.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![This is the original steam shed, now part of Ferryhill Heritage Railway Trust taken through the fence from the Duthie Park. The locomotive is Ex-CEGB, RSH 0-6-0T, Works No. 7846 at the Ferryhill Motive Power Depot.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 16/03/2017]](/images/58000/58521.jpg "Ferryhill MPD")
![This is the bridge over the River Dee looking south, it has getting refurbished for the last few months. Taken from the Duthie Park, behind the camera is the remaining parts of Ferryhill shed.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 16/03/2017]](/images/58000/58530.jpg "Dee Viaduct")
![60002 today at Craiginches Sidings, shunting cement wagons with lots of squealing of flanges, with company of a PW crew and plant.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 12/04/2017]](/images/58000/58956.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![Craiginches Siding, looking south. I have never seen this container gantry crane move, it's electrically powered but the cable has been removed from the spool.<br>
All container movements are done by a massive wheeled forklift.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 12/04/2017]](/images/58000/58981.jpg "Craiginches Yard")
![Mid afternoon on 18 April 2017 looking south over Aberdeen's Clayhills sidings. The only cccupants at this time are the 5 coaches plus class 73 locomotive forming the Aberdeen portion of the Highland Sleeper. The train is scheduled to depart from the adjacent station for Edinburgh at 2143. Once there it will join forces with the Inverness and Fort William portions for the overnight journey to London Euston, arriving at 0747. <br><br>[Andy Furnevel 18/04/2017]](/images/59000/59198.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![The approach to Stonehaven station from Arduthie Road on 7 June 2017. Opposite the 1849 station building the former goods shed still stands - now operating as Station Motors.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 07/06/2017]](/images/59000/59618.jpg "Stonehaven")
![Just taken at Clayhills; a large number of fire engines and firemen at the Caledonian Sleeper.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 09/08/2017]](/images/60000/60302.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![The Laurencekirk Heritage Mosaic on the southbound platform, seen from the northbound platform.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 18/08/2017]](/images/61000/61868.jpg "Laurencekirk")
![The details of the Heritage Mosaic at Laurencekirk.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 18/08/2017]](/images/62000/62145.jpg "Laurencekirk")
!['New Era' cut-down HST sets come into service on Scotrail next year. The driver training set makes a dummy stop at Stonehaven, heading north, on 26 September 2017. This early, it might even be driver trainer training.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 26/09/2017]](/images/60000/60924.jpg "Stonehaven")
![A sea mist obliterates the hills as a Glasgow train calls at 'Steenhive'<br>
on 26 September 2017. The lack of symmetry caused by the demolition of platform<br>
buildings seems particularly felt here.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 26/09/2017]](/images/61000/61151.jpg "Stonehaven")
![ScotRail HST at Clayhills on 02/10/2017.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/10/2017]](/images/61000/61446.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![Crew training run for a Scotrail HST at Stonehaven heading to Aberdeen on 6th October 2017. It was a shame I couldn't get on and I'm looking forward to proper trains On this occasion I had to wait for the Class 170.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 06/10/2017]](/images/61000/61201.jpg "Stonehaven")
![A long way has been travelled since the stylish days of GNER and East Coast. Virgin new sign at Clayhills Depot, Aberdeen, on 13th November 2017.<br><br>[David Spaven 13/11/2017]](/images/61000/61866.jpg "Aberdeen Clayhills")
![The morning of 7th February 2018 at Stonehaven, with a low loader being loaded on the former goods siding with the weekend's railway maintenance wagons before the rail/road digger loaded itself.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 07/02/2018]](/images/62000/62917.jpg "Stonehaven")
